Where does “дервенџија” come from?
дервенџија (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish دربندجی, from Persian دربند, from Persian در, from Classical Persian اندر, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *Hántarah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hántaras — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
дервенџија (Macedonian): derbendci
Definitions
- derbendci
Ancestry of “дервенџија”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | دربندجی | derbendci, the guard charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief |
| 2 | Persian | دربند | mountain pass; barred gate |
| 3 | Persian | در | API •; at; in |
| 4 | Classical Persian | اندر | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭩𐭭 | in; among |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎫𐎼 | in, inside; within, among |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *Hántarah | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hántaras | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |